In my youth, I thought this movie was fun. I feel like they tried to capitalize on the success of Princess Bride or something, like maybe it started out as something darker and more mature, but was then edited to be funnier or more innocent... not sure. I think it would have been better as a full R film... 80s R. Blood'n'boobs.

1980s fantasy/adventure/comedy films comprise a small shelf of titles, none entirely satisfactory.
With Willow I get way too much of the Little People, especially the Little-Little People. But it has good aspects and I like seeing Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley together.The Princess Bride is actually lighter and sillier, but has a bigger fan base. Must be the sword fight.
My favorite of this genre is Ladyhawke, still not on region A Blu-ray. My capsule review and thumbnails here.
-Bill

1980s fantasy/adventure/comedy films comprise a small shelf of titles, none entirely satisfactory.
With Willow I get way too much of the Little People, especially the Little-Little People. But it has good aspects and I like seeing Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley together.The Princess Bride is actually lighter and sillier, but has a bigger fan base. Must be the sword fight.
My favorite of this genre is Ladyhawke, still not on region A Blu-ray. My capsule review and thumbnails here.
-Bill

I agree about Ladyhawke, but as you say, all of these leave plenty to be desired.

This movie did not age well to me. Willow really shows that Lucas was starting to trend towards films intended for little kids... and the script treats adult viewers the same instead of having elements for everyone to enjoy like in the heyday of PIXAR.

with Disney having the rights now, it might be too pricey to pick up day one. I am curious as to how they are going to price catalogue titles from Lucas now, and into the future.....

Now I will say that I thought the price was a touch steep considering how long it's been out of circulation so to speak. It also seems like they could have gotten more bang for their buck broadcasting first.

1980s fantasy/adventure/comedy films comprise a small shelf of titles, none entirely satisfactory.
With Willow I get way too much of the Little People, especially the Little-Little People. But it has good aspects and I like seeing Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley together.The Princess Bride is actually lighter and sillier, but has a bigger fan base. Must be the sword fight.
My favorite of this genre is Ladyhawke, still not on region A Blu-ray. My capsule review and thumbnails here.
-Bill

Ladyhawke was a comedy? Willow was rather dark to be comedic. The Conan sequels fall more under a ' fantasy/adventure/comedy' film.

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Originally Posted by KBMAN

with Disney having the rights now, it might be too pricey to pick up day one. I am curious as to how they are going to price catalogue titles from Lucas now, and into the future.....

How did you confuse Fox with Disney?

Back on topic, Willow is an nice film, not great but I will probably buy when it's 10 bucks.